UK: License cannabis sales, expert says (vaping is the solution)

[ledzepploid]

BBC: License cannabis sales, expert says

Manufacturers should instead develop products that avoid lung damage.

One delivery mechanism he said should be considered is known among drug users as a "volcano", which heats cannabis to produce a vapour without burning it.

Imagine picking up an 8th with your bread and milk down at your local supermarket.

 

[Budz Bunny]

Even the occasional use of cannabis can be dangerous for people with diseases of the circulatory system.

What will they think of next? Where is the evidence to back this up?

 

[Vayu]

here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2003312

here: http://content.karger.com/produktedb/produkte.asp?typ=fulltext&file=pne32092

here: http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/76/3/435.abstract

here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03652.x/abstract

here: http://www.fsijournal.org/article/S0379-0738(01)00609-0/abstract

here: http://pmj.bmj.com/content/73/861/448.2.extract

here: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/113/4/e365

here: http://journals.lww.com/euro-emerge...off_the_grass__marijuana_use_and_acute.8.aspx

here: http://journals.lww.com/behavioural...f_smoked_marijuana_on_heart_rate,_drug.9.aspx


etc. Smoking has cardio-pulmonary effects which you are no doubt familiar with. In some individuals this could potentially increase the risk of an adverse event. In most, it won't. Use caution and don't mix your drugs.